Government Promises £6bn to Improve School Buildings

Government Promises £6bn to Improve School Buildings

09 Feb 2015

Overview

The plans include the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme which will see an additional £2 billion spent on rebuilding and refurbishing schools.

The second phase will result in 277 schools being rebuilt or refurbished as well as the 260 already being aided by the funding scheme; taking the total number of English schools benefitting from the programme to 537.

In a statement, the Government said: “Thanks to the Priority School Building Programme, school buildings are being rebuilt faster and cheaper than those built under the previous school building initiative – Building Schools for the Future (BSF).

“Under the BSF it took three years for construction work to begin. This was slashed to one year for the Priority School Building Programme, with projects costing around a third less.”

Aside from the £2 billion for the second phase of the Priority School Building Programme, a further £4 billion will also be handed out to schools and local authorities between 2015 and 2018 to improve the condition of existing schools.

Justin Seldis, managing director, Sunsquare, said: “We are very privileged to have been chosen by the BSI as a trusted and supported company.

“With the world’s leading standards company endorsing our entire product range it provides the perfect foundation to do business with local authorities looking to improve the environment of their schools, colleges and public buildings.”

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